How to clone Hard disk

Andy_Millman

Hi all,
I'm just about to upgrade my hard disk and need to clone my old drive onto my new one.

Any tips??

Many thanks.

woo

buy either acronis trueimage or symantec ghost.
there was a link in an earlier post to get a free copy of trueimage 7, though not sure if it is till valid.
why do you need to clone though, why not add your new drive as a second hard disk?

Andy_Millman

Thanks I'll look for either of those.

I have a shuttle mini system which can only support 1 hd, so I have to copy everything over.

Andy_Millman

Thanks albertross.
I'm cloning a Seagate to a Samsung if that helps.

Chippy_Minton

Some free cloning tools at http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/backupandimage.shtml

Andy_Millman

Chippy_Minton wrote:

Some free cloning tools at http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/backupandimage.shtml

Thanks Chippy - came across that site earlier. This prog. from there looks interesting:

http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm

What do you think?

Chippy_Minton

It looks OK, though not used it myself.

Another one is Image for Windows. I've used their BootIt Next Generation tool which is excellent, so on that basis I can recommended it. Last time I looked the downloads were 30 day trials with full functionality, however the web site makes no mention of that now.

Andy_Millman

Thanks again Chippy. I've downloaded it and it seems fully functional in trial mode, though no mention of when the trial mode expires. I'll give it a go.

fox2319

You could always get an external HDD enclosure from ebay and put the 2nd drive in for extra storage. Could be worth consideration.

Cheers

Jeff